Chelsea are understood to be demanding £25m for Schurrle, but the Telegraph reports that Wolfsburg are keen on loaning the player until the end of the season before trying up a permanent transfer in the summer.

FFP rules may see that deal fall apart, however, with Chelsea unlikely to sanction a loan exit when it is likely to cost at least £20m to replace the German.

Another player seemingly heading for the exit door is Mohamed Salah, with Roma thought to have agreed terms on a loan deal with a permanent option in the summer.

However, the Italian side are also in the market for Shakhtar's Adriano and Dnipro's Yevhen Konoplyanka and could move for either of the Ukraine-based duo as a cheaper alternative to Salah.